| 2013 Cadillac XTS Recalled to Fix Rear Headrest Restraint |
Nov 14th, 2012 |
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Well, that was quick. Having been on sale for just a few months, the 2013 Cadillac XTS full-size sedan is undergoing its first recall for a rear center headrest restraint that may not lock into place when its moved into its upright position. Like many newer cars, the rear headrests in the Cadillac XTS fold [...]
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| Room for 28 People in a Mini Cooper? Record Attempt Group Aims to Find Out |
Nov 14th, 2012 |
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A team of gymnasts is looking to beat last year’s world record by somehow fitting 28 people in a modern Mini Cooper. The women will gather tomorrow at Potter Fields Park in London for Guinness World Record Day. There, they will contort themselves into the car—they’ve been practicing at a local Mini dealership, apparently—to break [...]
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| Where’s the Whiskey?: 1500 Miles through Utah in a 2013 Volvo S60 T5 AWD |
Nov 14th, 2012 |
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After gazing upon the Grand Canyon for the first time, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt commanded that we leave it as it was, that we could not improve it: “The ages have been at work on it,” he said, “and man can only mar it.” Thanks to him, and the millions of young men he employed [...]
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| 2013 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT Driven: The Latest Gullwing Cranks Things Up a Notch |
Nov 14th, 2012 |
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The SLS AMG, as if we need to remind you, is fast and quite sporty. The SLS AMG GT? Besides an alphabetical mouthful, you can consider it an SLS on uppers. It’s also the latest fruit of a variant-focused product strategy for the AMG supercar that saw the standard car joined shortly after launch by [...]
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| BMW Developing Two-Man Bobsled for Team USA, Will Be Used in 2014 Winter Olympics |
Nov 14th, 2012 |
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Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up, it’s bobsled time! Actually, make that Ultimate bobsled time—BMW has announced that it is working with the USA Bobsled and Skeleton Federation (USBSF) to redesign Team USA’s two-man bobsled for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. BMW was approached by USBSF to help inject some [...]
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| John Phillips: Envisioning the Next Wave of Driver Assists |
Nov 14th, 2012 |
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Ford engineers are developing what they call a “Driver Workload Estimator.” It monitors your car’s speed (which you previously monitored with a speedometer), density of nearby traffic (which you previously monitored with your eyes), throttle-pedal pressure (which you previously monitored with your right foot), and current level of driver stress (which your mother previously monitored [...]
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| 2012 Honda Crosstour FWD V-6 First Test |
Nov 14th, 2012 |
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Ugly Duckling Syndrome
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| Thread of the Day: Which Car Would You Drive Across the U.S.? |
Nov 14th, 2012 |
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Driving across the U.S. makes for a truly epic drive, but what car would you take? That’s the subject of today’s Thread of the Day. We’ve shared the top 10 vehicles with the longest range for Labor Day road trips and asked about your favorite epic drive; now it’s Frisky_Dingo‘s turn to provide a different [...]
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| Ultimate Bobsledding Machine? BMW Creating Team USA’s Two-Man Bobsled |
Nov 14th, 2012 |
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BMW’s EfficientDynamics technology doesn’t just apply to engines and vehicles. The German automaker is currently designing a two-man bobsled for Team USA to compete at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. The USA Bobsled & Skeleton Federation tapped BMW for the project, hoping to win a gold medal in the two-man bobsled event for the [...]
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